Heliciculture in Ghana
Best Escargot for You
The project is to process the snails into escargot for both local and international markets. We are going to establish new farm every year in a new school by training the students in entreprenuerialship. The project is to cost an initial budget of US$10,000
Facts
2005
| Two years ago: | |
| Last year: | |
| This year (forecast): | 4,000 |
| Year 2 (forecast): | 7,000 |
| Year 3 (forecast): | 9,000 |
| Two years ago: | |
| Last year: | |
| This year (forecast): | 2,000 |
| Year 2 (forecast): | 1,500 |
| Year 3 (forecast): | 600 |
| Two years ago: | |
| Last year: | |
| This year (forecast): | 3 |
| Year 2 (forecast): | 8 |
| Year 3 (forecast): | 15 |
How do you expect this to be financed?
| Own Contribution in cash | 500 |
| Loans (debt) | |
| Shares in your company that you offer to investors (equity) | |
| Other sources | |
| Total finance needed (US$) | 500 |
The Business
The business is to raise snails which are very expensive on the market and turn them into escagot and market them for profitability
We shall market the products by packaging the snails into escargot for both local and international market.
Fortunately for us there is no competitors in this business. Our responsibilty lies in the fact that we should not be seen breaking in supplier.
Our product is unique in the sense that:
1. students are going to be trained thereby curbing streetism and youth unemployment.
2. Escargot will be made easily accessible to communities which by reason of adverse climatic conditions does not have snails
The Entrepreneur & Management
I hold a Certificate in Agriculture and have train farmers in the Central Region of Ghana when working with the Ministry of Agriculture (MOFA-Ghana) as Extension Officer in the year 1998-1999.
Apart fro that, i had engaged students in other farm establishment and also taught Agriculture in those schools on voluntarily basis.
Whiles in College (Kwadaso Agricultural College) i was the Animal Attache - In charge of the college's animals including snails and mushroom.
Development
The development impact of my company will among other things include Helping the government og Ghana by training graduates to make meaningful impact in society who will otherwise would have become social miscreants. The project will also make Ghana the centre of snail production in Africa iin the near future thereby increasing the foriegn exchange earning of the country as well as per capita income. Whiles doing this bush fires will drastically decrease in the sense that, hunters will no longer deliberate burn the bush in order to collect snails for sales
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